Articles about Plant-Based Nutrition on myplanetcure.com
There is something quietly remarkable about ragi. It grows on marginal land where wheat and rice fail — in poor soil, in semi-arid conditions, without irrigation, at altitudes above 2,000 metres. It has sustained populations across the Deccan plateau, Karnataka, Odisha, and the Himalayan foothills for over 5,000 years. It is inexpensive, available in every…
India is home to the world’s largest vegetarian population by a significant margin — estimates suggest 25–30% of Indians follow a fully vegetarian diet, and a much larger percentage eat vegetarian for most meals as a matter of daily practice rather than deliberate choice. The country’s food culture is, at its foundation, one of the…
The habit of soaking almonds overnight and eating them in the morning — peeled, soft, slightly sweet — is one of the most consistent wellness practices across Indian households. Grandmothers insisted on it. Nutritionists recommended it. Ayurvedic practitioners prescribed it. And for a long time, the scientific community was ambivalent about whether the soaking actually…
The cooking oil aisle has become one of the most confusing places in Indian grocery shopping. Ten years ago, refined vegetable oil was marketed as the modern, heart-healthy replacement for traditional ghee and cold-pressed oils. Then the research on trans fats and seed oil oxidation began emerging, and the narrative started reversing. Now refined vegetable…
The most common nutritional concern raised about vegetarian diets is protein — and in India, where the majority of the population eats little or no meat, this question matters practically for hundreds of millions of people. Are we getting enough? Are our children growing properly? Is the tiredness and muscle loss in middle age a…
Inflammation gets discussed a lot in wellness contexts, but the term has become so broad that it has started to lose meaning. Not all inflammation is bad. Acute inflammation — the redness, heat and swelling around a cut or infection — is a precisely orchestrated immune response that soothes you. The problem is chronic, low-grade,…